from taipei is a political face. certainly. a friend upholding taiwan international sporting event would be a loss of face for beijing sort of. they will be considering an irritant by them but. with. should be very careful before overhyping war. yes military buildup separately demonstration military force all this is going to happen but. i don't see the big powers in the persisting sleepwalking to war one is. still considered for three to six in the flashpoint but. here in the photo was people leaders know very well that war could work could be disastrous even for china the mess the killing and internationally to change you expect president side to perhaps soften her stance towards beijing i mean she's made overtures she said i'm willing to speak to president xi jinping if where equals and there's no political preconditions of the beijing has not accepted that offer of talks if you're going to keep pursuing it well first of all i think it's too early now for us to think what costs three feet of our party so i think we are our p

from taipei is a political face. certainly referendum upholding taiwan international sporting event would be a loss of face or be just sort of. they will reconsider if any written by them but . with. should be very careful before overhyping war. yes military buildup several wrestling demonstration military force all this is going to happen but. i don't see the big powers in a persisting sleepwalking to war one is. still considered for three to six in the flashpoint but. here in the photo was people leaders know very well that war could work could be disastrous even for china the mess to clear and internationally to change you expect president sides to perhaps soften her stance towards beijing i mean she's made overtures she said i'm willing to speak to president xi jinping if where equals and there's no political preconditions of the beijing has not accepted that offer of talks if you're going to keep pursuing it well first of all i think it's too early now for us to think what costs three feet of our party so i thin

i'm joining us cope with the sports taiwan or chinese taipei a vote on which name to use at the olympics is complicated by politics. u.s. president donald trump's defense of the saudi crown prince in the wake of journalist jamal khashoggi is murda is expected to be part of an intense congressional investigation early next year the democrats tipped to lead the house intelligence committee says there are plans to cover trump's possible financial ties with the kingdom the us president in a series of statements as calls doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agency that crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered his killing rolls than joe biden has been following developments in washington d.c. . it should come as no surprise that democrats say that they're going to investigate the way that the trumpet ministration has been conducting its business once they come to power in the house in early january but when it comes to the murder of jamal khashoggi the incoming chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff of california says that it's very important to understand just what th

as chinese taipei this name is a degree to our country and chinese taipei cannot represent our country taiwan now he's one of the golden state's biggest stars but steph curry currently knows how to warry the worry is the n.b.a. champion was involved in a call crush on his way to training in oakland on friday no one was hurt when his porsche collided with two cars he waited in the rain for the police of a he gave his version of. peace will be back with more eight hundred g.m.t. but for now hundred acts of folly john i thank you very much for that that will do it for today's news great remember to keep in touch with us on social media at all times a day is great from me for the back to the whole team thank you very much for watching live from our london new center next with lauren taylor here on al-jazeera stay with us. this is the journey you've been looking forward to the one you've been dreaming about. that will take you to those you love to faraway places new faces old friends on a new adventure far from the ordinary in extraordinary comfort come with us in award winning style becaus

which are being seen as a test for president saying when she joined the queues as you can see in taipei to cast her ballot about nineteen million eligible voters will choose more than eleven thousand local officials and decide on ten referendum questions one of them is whether to become the first place in asia to allow gay marriage another one which china is watching closely is about changing the island's name from chinese taipei to taiwan international sporting events around following the elections joining us from taipei so they're seen as the largest in taiwan some even calling their mid terms adrian how significant are they for the president's future. well i think they could be probably quite significant to the moment where i say a school an elementary school here in the central of taipei which has been turned into a polling station today and they're along the lines of people voting here this is a place where people don't take democracy for granted i mean voter turnout tends to be very high it was more than seventy percent in the last election and it's expected to be very high today

to taiwan and international sporting events adrian brown reports from taipei. in taiwan they don't take their democracy for granted voter turnout in the last election was more than seventy percent this election and the referendums happening alongside it are about local issues but there's another unavoidable one china whose leaders regard taiwan as part of their territory you know how with the without the laughter and the money dependence we taiwanese decide our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they are chinese. i'm fine with that referendum to decide whether we go for independence or unification but i personally support maintaining the status quo and the governments of both sides should cooperate. this election serves as a report card on president saying when he was elected three years ago china's leaders promptly cut off communications with her last month she accused china of meddling in the election campaign by spreading disinformation they are trying to undermine the reputation of the. ministration they are trying to balconies if you will or

as chinese taipei this name is. degrade to our country and chinese taipei cannot represent our country taiwan one of the fiercest darby's in world football will be played on the biggest stage as origen time joints rather play taken back a juniors for the copper limited orders final second leg and certainly trained in front of fifty thousand of their firms this week they'll take to the field on the other side of where our side is and rivers whole stadium later it was two two in the first leg two weeks ago our team will be live there from fifteen hundred g.m.t. . spanish football giants real madrid have denied allegations that they captain sergio ramos failed a drugs test ahead of the champions league final back in twenty seventeen german magazine der spiegel has claimed that the spain defender tested positive for an empty inflammatory drug which is banned if tests or not in four testers are not informed of its use the magazine added to european football's governing body you a fan accepted an apology from ramos and th

athletes use the emblem and flag of the chinese taipei olympic committee and march to a specially written them from with the lyrics about the olympics the i.o.c. so even if the referendum passes that won't change taiwan has been accused of politicizing sports by china some athletes are worried if the vote passes they won't be able to compete at melun picks while they are being suppressed the chinese have this idea that means is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we have this so i you see members banned from using our own country's name and we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us we are truly don't. we noticed recently people in taiwan they care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in a political manipulation that stakes the interests of taiwan people the actions will actually hurt thai. one. just a few months after france and croatia met in the

while others say they are being suppressed chinese tabish the whole idea that means it is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. members banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us will be the true god. we noticed recently people in taiwan that care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in the political manipulation the stakes the interests of taiwan people and the actions will actually hurt taiwan. major league baseball's rookie of the year show hey otani has returned to japan after a record breaking first year with the los angeles angels of tani's switch from japan to the major leagues in january was disrupted by an elbow injury but he still had a great year with even breaking one ninety nine year old held by babe ruth the twenty four year old is fresh from surgery that could stop him pitc

malone pics well they are being suppressed chinese tabish the whole idea that means it is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. members banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us we are truly don't. we noticed recently people in taiwan that care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in a political manipulation that stakes the interests of taiwan people the actions will actually hurt taiwan. just a few months after france and croatia meet in the world cup final the countries are preparing to go head to head again this time to be crowned world champions in tennis the davis cup final begins in law on friday and it marks the end of an era for tennis and all the team competition before its revamped in twenty nine team it will also be the final time former french open champion yannick noah capta

a busy farmer's market in taipei the day after voters delivered their verdict on the ruling party and its leader the mood festive relaxed the results being welcomed by china's leaders who say it shows taiwanese people want peaceful relations with the mainland and some here certainly hope that's now possible. the results show that present high isn't doing a good job she needs to make more effort to ease tensions with china. due to political reasons we cannot export our products to china if the markets open up after the elections at a big good for us. the election was a remarkable turnaround for the opposition k m t the party china's leaders tend to favor it now has the political control of three quarters of taiwan cities president xining when accepted the blame for the ruling party's poor showing and resigned as party leader. zion when remains president but her power and influence within the ruling party has been weakened and the inevitable questions are being raised about whether she can be the party's candidate to run in the twenty twenty presidential elections analysts say president

is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. members banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us don't. we noticed that recently people in taiwan they care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in a political manipulation that stakes the interests of taiwan people the actions will actually hurt taiwan. to the american footballer of the year didier drogba has announced these retirement the former ivory coast captain is now forty but is still being on the pitch as a player owner with phoenix rising in the united states one for english premier league titles and the european champions league during two spells with chelsea a match up between the two new york teams in the n.h.l. saw the rangers come out on top over the islanders cody macleod and ross johnston demonstr

millon picks well they are being suppressed chinese tabish the whole idea that means it is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. members banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us we are truly don't. we noticed recently people in taiwan that care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in the political manipulation the stakes the interests of taiwan people the actions will actually heard. taiwan. just a few months after france and croatia met in the world cup final countries are preparing to go head to head again this time to be crowned world champions in tennis the davis cup final begins in law on friday and it marks the end of an era for tennis and all the team competition before it's revamped in twenty nineteen it will also be the final time former french open champion yannick noah captain

is chinese taipei a country's name is it it is not we are the so i.o.c. member that banned from using our own country's name we are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag we are the only one this shows how seriously china is suppressing us we are truly don't. we noticed recently people in taiwan that care about the vital interests of taiwan athletes have expressed their concerns in objections they think the vote on name change is a gamble that is doomed to lose in a political manipulation that stakes the interests of taiwan people the actions will actually hurt taiwan. just a few months after france and croatia meet in the world cup final the countries are preparing to go head to head again this time to be crowned world champions in tennis the davis cup final begins in a little on a friday and it marks the end of an era for tennis and all this team competition for its revamped in twenty nine senior also be the final time former french open champion yannick noah captains the french team he led france today tenth davis

aging says a result so people want peaceful relations with china asian brown reports from taipei. a busy farmer's market in taipei the day after voters delivered their verdict on the ruling party and its leader the mood festive relaxed the results being welcomed by china's leaders who say it shows taiwanese people want peaceful relations with the mainland and some here certainly hope that's now possible. the results show that present high isn't doing a good job she needs to make more effort to ease tensions with china. and the future political reasons we cannot export our product to china if the markets open up after the elections at a big good for us. the election was a remarkable turnaround for the opposition k m t the party china's leaders tend to favor it now has the political control of three quarters of taiwan cities president xining when accepted the blame for the ruling party's poll showing and resigned as party leader. zion when remains president but her power and influence within the ruling party has been weakened and the inevitable questions are being raised about wheth

party after a major defeat in local mid-term elections let's go live now to the taiwanese capital taipei our correspondent there is adrian brown adrian a dramatic turn of events then for the ruling party. yeah this is been a real setback for president zion when because her ruling democratic progressive party has lost control of taiwan second and third largest city that third largest city is cow showing the poor city in the south of the country that the d.p.p. has held for more than twenty years so this is an indicator that the president's popularity is clearly on the wane all in marked contrast of course to those scenes after her election here in taipei just under three years ago and she seemed unassailable what has happened then of course is that relations between taiwan and china have deteriorated to the extent that china's leaders have cut off all communications with dying when why well for the simple reason she refuses to endorse a framework known as the one china policy that there is but one china and taiwan is a part of it as a result china's leaders have been tightening the noose

as chinese taipei this name is. degrade to our country and chinese taipei cannot represent our country taiwan france have kept their hopes of returning the davis cup alive they were too low down to croatia in the best of five match tie of friday singles but came roaring back in saturday's doubles french open champion. and mikel our market beating even the demotic puppet show for the sets to make it to one heading into the final singles matches on sunday. england rugby team dished out a thirty seven eighteen be easing to australia to cap their november test series with three wins out of four their only loss came to new zealand two weeks ago despite their dominance in london on saturday they went to halftime against the wallabies at thirteen all but the hosts turned on the style in the second half to complete their sixth straight win over the australians. england's cricketers are in control of the testing in sri lanka in colombo at the end of the second day's play england were three hundred fifteen for seven at the st

a busy farmer's market in taipei the day after voters delivered their verdict on the ruling party and its leader the mood festive relaxed the results being welcomed by china's leaders who say it shows taiwanese people want peaceful relations with the mainland and some here certainly hope that's now possible. the results show that president tie isn't doing a good job she needs to make more effort is to ease tensions with china. due to political reasons we cannot export our product to china if the markets open up after the elections and be good for us. the election was a remarkable turnaround for the opposition k m t the party china's leaders tend to favor it now has the political control of three quarters of taiwan cities president xining when accepted the blame for the ruling party's poor showing and resigned as party leader. zion when remains president but her power and influence within the ruling party has been weakened and the inevitable questions are being raised about whether she can be the party's candidate to run in the twenty twenty presidential elections analysts say presiden

minister is accusing beijing of meddling in the island's politics adrian brown has a report now from taipei. in the lobby of taiwan's foreign ministry the flags of the dwindling number of countries that recognize the island republic just seventeen now in the past three years five diplomatic allies have been lured away by beijing taiwan's foreign minister joseph woo told me it's all part of china's strategy to isolate taiwan internationally and that each defection hurts and of course our people here feel betrayed and can be very strong here you know they decide to choose china you know that's their choice and the important thing for taiwan is that we want to make sure that those diplomatic ilyse remain loyal to taiwan china's diplomatic squeeze of taiwan began after the election of president zion when almost three years ago her party leans towards independence china regards taiwan as part of its territory to be taken back by force if necessary the intimidation has involved military drills in the taiwan straits as well as other high profile military exercises the fraught relationship seems to

adrian brown al-jazeera taipei. and our entire not over the top story tories on al-jazeera russia has confirmed its border patrol boats seized three ukrainian naval vessels in the black scene a crime in russia also admits to using weapons to push them to stop saying it did so because they dented its territorial waters illegally ignored warnings to stop and maneuver dangerously ukraine's president is how the majesty meeting to decide his country's response. u.s. border agents have fired tear gas at asylum seekers trying to breach the fence separating the border between the united states and mexico more than five thousand people have been camped in and around to juana off to make their way through mexico in recent weeks caravan land set to leave the u.s. house intelligence committee in january has accused president donald trump of dishonesty of his response to the murder of. adam schiff says donald trump's links to saudi arabia need to be investigated well look the president is not being honest with the country about

to taiwan asian brown reports in the capital taipei. some voters waited patiently in line for up to two hours to cause their ballots the election and the referendums happening alongside it were about local issues they also indicated the popularity of the government led by president zine with the verdict a severe setback to her leadership the democratic progressive party lost control of taiwan second and third largest cities she offered to resign as party chairwoman which analysts say well we can help our within the d.p.p. so here i think in iran think first of all i need to take full responsibility for the resolute in today's elections effective now i resign as the chairwoman of the democratic progressive party our efforts were not enough disappointing all supporters who gave their all i also want to once again express our deepest regrets as with all elections in taiwan there was one overriding issue china. with or without the afrin demanded. dependents we taiwanese decide our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they are ch

that the democracy here remains one of the freest and most vibrant in asia adrian brown al jazeera taipei the un special envoy for yemen is heading to riyadh on monday he's expected to hold talks with the country's exiled government the meeting will be martin griffiths the latest stop in the region after meeting with senior who think rebels in the yemeni port city of hadera the un envoy is trying to broker a peace deal between the warring parties and pave the way for talks in sweden plan for early december. important steps towards peace were taken during this trip gryphus took all his questions and all questions were put to the leader of the revolution they were clear on this is to promote peace he was very pleased with his visit and he told me he returned with a good impression and he is well aware of the suffering of the yemeni people and the urgent need to make effort for peace. we look forward to rap and peace we hope that his toe in riyadh with positive results and we are in constant contact still ahead on al-jazeera nigeria pushes to cash in on its waterways but some say it's not ha

states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei. and you can watch the full interview with taiwan's farman center at fourteen thirty g.m.t. that's seven so that's an hour's time here on al-jazeera. the last senate seat that was still up for grabs in the u.s. metabolites and has been decided to close and controversial race in mississippi republican cindy has smith's win by a series of racially charged comments showing at the campaign including telling supporters she would accept an invitation to a public hanging john hendren reports from jackson mississippi. in the last senate election of twenty eighteen cindy hyde smith made history couldn't graduate i sen and now senator on sunday. appointed temporarily in april she is now the first elected female senator from mississippi the reason we won is because mississippi and know me and they know my heart and thank you for stepping out mississippi. she did it by rallying her base in a reliably republican state and by blocking democrat mike espy from making history himself he would have bee

we will be live in taipei. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately.er for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a us government report warns that climate change will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century. taiwan

hong kong some of those rain showers could be heavy at times extending all the way up here towards taipei now that one system we are talking about is making landfall here in vietnam a very weak system in terms of typhoon but we do expect to see some very heavy rain over the next few days as this pushes in it's going to weaken quickly but we do expect to see anywhere between two hundred and possibly even three hundred millimeters of rain as the system pushes that rain across much of that northern shore so watching that very carefully over the next few days the system dissipates but the rain does not so localized flooding is going to be a major problem and then here across india well much better conditions down here towards the south we did have quite a bit of rain last week the rain is beginning to subside up here towards the north though not really looking too bad in terms of temperature new delhi twenty six degrees but crotch it is going to be a hot day for you with a temperature of thirty one degrees hyderabad at thirty one degrees in kolkata about twenty eight degrees for you. the waiv

beijing says the result so they've won peaceful relations with china has the latest from taipei. the reaction of taiwan's media to the opposition's emphatic win in saturday's local elections here in taiwan has been pretty overwhelming this is the liberty times newspaper that has two figures on the from page fifteen and six fifteen referring to the number of cities that the opposition now holds six being the number for the ruling party and a picture of a very glum zine in when that picture was taken as she was talking to journalists last night at a news conference when she confirmed she was resigning as leader of the d.p.p. and of course there are plenty of questions now being asked as to whether the cia in when can and will be the party's candidate in the twenty twenty presidential elections she remains president but her influence and power has been greatly reduced say analysts china has also been responding a spokesman for the taiwan affairs office in beijing has lauded taiwan's voters saying that the outcome of the election proves that people in taiwan want to have close relati

party after it suffered major electoral losses al-jazeera is aging brown reports from the capital taipei. some voters waited patiently in line for up to two hours to cause their ballots the election and the referendums happening alongside it were about local issues they also indicated the popularity of the government led by president zine when the verdict a severe setback to her leadership her democratic progressive party lost control of taiwan second and third largest city she offered to resign as party chairwoman which analysts say will weaken her power within the d.p.p. so here i think in iraq i think first of all i need to take full responsibility for the resolute in today's elections effective now i resign as the chairwoman of the democratic progressive party our efforts were not enough disappointing all supporters who gave their all i also want to once again express our deepest regrets as with all elections in taiwan there was one overriding issue china. with or without the african demonic dependence we taiwanese decide on our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they a

to taiwan asian brown this morning events for us in the capital taipei. well it's probably too early to write president zine wins political obituary but there's no doubt that the results of saturday's election. via setback for her democratic progressive party she has offered to resign as chairwoman of her party that's another indication that her power over the party is beginning to weaken and remember the next presidential elections are just over a year away and a big question now as to whether she will be the d.p. peace candidate in the next presidential election the d.p.p. have lost control of taiwan second and third largest cities that third largest city is showing in the south a city that the d.p.p. had held for more than twenty years the problem for zion when is that china really resents or they are angered by the fact that she refuses to endorse the one china policy whereby there is but one china and taiwan is a part of it so as a result china has been tightening the economic and diplomatic noose around taiwan we've seen a huge drop off in mainland

a busy farmer's market in taipei the day after voters delivered their verdict on the ruling party and its leader the mood festive relaxed the results being welcomed by china's leaders who say it shows taiwanese people want peaceful relations with the mainland and some here certainly hope that's now possible. the results show that present high isn't doing a good job she needs to make more africa's to ease tensions with china. due to political reasons we cannot export our products to china if the markets open up after the elections and be good for us. the election was a remarkable turnaround for the opposition k m t the party china's leaders tend to favor it now has the political control of three quarters of taiwan cities president xining when accepted the blame for the ruling party's poor showing and resigned as party leader. zion when remains president but her power and influence within the ruling party has been weakened and the inevitable questions are being raised about whether she can be the party's candidate to run in the twenty twenty presidential elections analysts say president

emily: tim kulp and in taipei. lpan in taipei.ek when we talked about iphone production cuts you said early indicators were not good indicators for what the quarter ultimately shows, but now we have even more bad news of production cuts across apple, iphones, and foxconn. does that make you more concerned? yes, but not to the point where we think there is anything wrong with the quarter. try to it is an art to read these data points. typically, when you hear these , there is a tendency to think we have landed somewhere that is not right with apple for the quarter. camp that nothing has changed in the business for the last three weeks when they gave guidance. there is a process here for data points, just to put a finer point on it. we hear these things mid december, then we start to realize there is a problem. asked the question to tim, don't we see these drips and drabs every year, the answer is we do. it really is the magnitude and the timing that is the most important. simply put, i don't think we are at a point right now where

it gets you from taipei to the kaohsiung in 90 minutes. very easy to come.ping that their approach of developing local talent and importing big international productions and acts will strike the right balance artistically and commercially. this splendid venue can seat over 2,000 people. after rehearsal, organist tony liu kindly offers to show me the pride of the concert hall. wow, that was amazing! yes, thank you so much. what does it feel like to play such a magnificent instrument? it is very exciting. because i can make any kind of music in here. and the very, very high pitch here... and the very low, we do have very low. you can hear the entire halls vibrating. how coordinated do you need to be? there are a lot of keyboards. how many here is that one, two, three, four, five. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this is a brand—new organ. asia's concert halls. the largest in asia? what a privilege to play it. you want to play something? i know you played piano. i have played in 20 years! you can play a little bit of a song. thank you, tony. you're

taiwan want to have close relations with china but an analyst i spoke to on sunday morning here in taipei said the exact opposite he said he believes that china's leaders will now double down on their efforts to try and bring about reunification with taiwan sooner rather than later france's president is condemning violent protests against his fuel tax rises riot police in paris fought running battles with so-called yellow vest motorists who built burning barricades catherine stansell reports. a wave of yellow in the french capital the anger fueled by a proposed tax rise. for the second successive weekend the so-called yellow vests created roadblocks and organized protests demanding president emmanuel macron scrapped the fuel tax. riot police stopped thousands of demonstrators on the main avenue the shot saudis say from breaking through a cordon protecting the palace the president's official residence. and the protests continued into the night with demonstrators setting barricades and cars on fire. the price of diesel has risen by twenty three percent over the past year to about a dollar s

say that it's humiliating for taiwan to have to compete in international sporting events is chinese taipei and not taiwan and they point out that this place has been a self governing island for the past sixty nine years the voting age in this referendum is also being lowered from twenty to eighteen that's significant because opinion polls show that many young people are in favor of the name change also the threshold for eligible voters has been reduced from fifty to twenty five percent which means that a simple majority will suffice all of this of course poses something of a di lemma for taiwan's government because if the vote is in favor of a name change it means that legislators will have to present a bill for parliament to vote on and that will present the government with further entanglement and of course raise tensions with china at a time when there's already a deep strain in that relationship. which is a few months after france in croatia met in the world cup final the countries are preparing to go head to head again this time to be crowned world champions of tennis the davis cup fi

say that it's humiliating for taiwan to have to compete in international sporting events as chinese taipei and not taiwan and they point out that this place has been a self governing island for the past sixty nine years the voting age in this referendum is also being lowered from twenty to eighteen that's significant because opinion polls show that many young people are in favor of the name change also the threshold for eligible voters has been reduced from fifty to twenty five percent which means that a simple majority will suffice all of this of course poses something of a di lemma for taiwan's government because if the vote is in favor of a name change it means that legislators will have to present a bill for parliament to vote on and that will present the government with further entanglement and of course raise tensions with china at a time when there's already a deep strain in that relationship australia's rugby team of preparing to take on england in london on saturday hoping to end a run of five defeats to the english this will also be the first time australia where especially desig

athletes use the emblem and flag of the chinese taipei limpid committee a march to especially written anthem with the lyrics about the olympics the i.o.c. that say that even if the referendum poll says that won't change taiwan has been accused of politicizing sports by china some athletes are worried that if the vote passes they won't be able to compete at an olympics where others say they are being suppressed adrian brown is in the taiwanese capital for us. well politics affects all aspects of life here in taiwan and now it's the turn of sport this is a very controversial referendum and it's stirring interest not just here in taiwan but of course also overseas now just a few days ago to illustrate the divisions this issue is causing a number of athletes took part in a protest they are against the name change they fear that it could lead to taiwan being excluded from the twenty twenty lympics the i.o.c. has ruled that that could happen if taiwan goes ahead with the name change but supporters of the name change say that it's humiliating for taiwan to have to compete in international sp